NorCen Financial Services, the company who operates the Wallan, Kilmore and Broadford community Bendigo Banks, donated grants to 30 recipients totalling about $350,000 last week.
The grants night, at Kilmore Trackside on Wednesday, celebrated clubs and organisations throughout the Mitchell Shire who provide invaluable services to their communities.
Recipients ranged from charity organisations such as Camp4Cancer and Love in Action in Wallan, to sporting clubs like Kilmore Football Club and the Mitchell Rangers Soccer Club who will use their funding to improve their facilities and strengthen community spirit.
The JJ Clancy Reserve Committee of Management received a grant of $16,824, which will be put towards a new audio and public address system to be used for functions and sporting events.
Committee president Krissy Clement said the upgrade would support the community that used the reserve and strengthened the venue in hosting events.
“The reserve is one of the busiest reserves in the whole of the Mitchell Shire and there’s people there all the time, they meet, they walk their dogs, or they’ll go and walk around the oval,” she said.
“We have six user groups that use our facility now and everyone works well, there’s a really strong committee and it just flows through the community.”
Also receiving a cheque were the Trustees of the Kilmore Racecourse and the Kilmore Men’s Shed, whose combined efforts helped plan, construct and open the Kilmore Racecourse Walking track following a lengthy process.
The $100,000 grant was officially celebrated with attendees and representatives from both groups, including outgoing trustees chairman Danny Laws and new chairman Max Perry, the latter also a member of the Kilmore Men’s Shed.
Full list of grant recipients:
- BeyondHousing – $37,020
- Broadford Singing for Fun Group – $1000
- Camp4Cancer – $3000
- Dalhousie District Golf Association – $2000
- Flamez Netball Northern Pride – $5000
- Glenaroua Riding Club – $2000
- Goulburn Options Disability Services – $40,000
- Harley Hammond Reserve – $39,594
- Hidden Valley Calisthenics – $5162
- Hidden Valley Golf Club – $3300
- JJ Clancy Reserve Committee of Management – $16,824
- Kilmore Cricket Club – $5500
- Kilmore Football Netball Club – $5000
- Kilmore Hospital Op Shop – $6457
- Kilmore Junior Football Club – $4000
- Kilmore Regional Busking Championships – $2500
- Kilmore U3A – $1810
- Love in Action Wallan – $2000 and $22,122
- Mitchell Community Radio OKR FM – $1760
- Mitchell Rangers Soccer Club – $5000
- Nature Lovers Incorporated – $5000
- Pyalong Kindergarten – $600
- Pyalong Netball Club – $5000
- Rotary Club of Southern Mitchell – $7000
- Trustees of the Kilmore Racecourse Reserve and Kilmore Men’s Shed – $100,000
- Variety Club of Victoria – $1000
- Wallan Football Netball Club – $5000
- Wallan Junior Football Club – $8000
- Wandong Heathcote Junction Community Group – $1300
- Wandong Netball Club – $5000
